Deep in the Living

Chapter 382 Going deeper
[Time goes back one hour]

The team is still exploring the last street.

When I saw the street lamp with a broken bulb and no light,
Gah!
The crows are calling,

Rody immediately inserted his tentacles into the crow's body to achieve vision sharing.

I don’t know,
The eyes bestowed by Oculus, the most special being among the Seven Demon Lords of the Spine, who is revered as the Eye of Hell, have an effect beyond imagination.

This visual effect is not found in the corner, it is a special perspective unique to hell.

The field of vision appears dull grey, and ashes will fall across the field of vision.

All hidden matter will be revealed beneath the ashes,

Including the hidden note at the sewer entrance, the words formed by red blood inside the note, and the existence associated with this red color.

The Joker is already here...hiding here somewhere, waiting for his chance.

When Rody was about to share this important information, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and moved his eyes to look at the building next to him.

The ashes moved with the field of vision, drifting into the building through the gaps in the windows, allowing Rody to peek at a boy with a cleft lip who was drawing on the ground with chalk.

“There are actually two monsters lying in ambush here... Did the Joker call for help because he knew we were under the headquarters’ close surveillance?
He must be absolutely sure to take the risk to come and continue to target me. Although I don't know the specific reason, there is no need to involve Yu Ze and Miss Youzhen.

The clown monster alone is enough to kill the three of us. If another monster comes, there is no way we can survive, not even until the arrival of reinforcements.

This is the only way... I believe that Yu Ze will be able to survive with the cooperation of Miss Youzhen.

As for my own affairs, I will handle them myself. 』

Rody made a quick decision.

When Yu Ze asked Yaju if he had seen the clown, he did not answer verbally, but just raised his hand to indicate that there was no danger. He took the initiative to bypass Yu Ze, the "captain", and went to the sewer entrance alone to take out the note.

Yu Ze naturally noticed this imprudent behavior and had a rough idea in mind.

……

The incident in the Regent Hotel ended.
Unlike Yu Ze, Luo Di was not trapped in the guest room, locked in the inherent space created by the monster. Instead, he easily unlocked the door and returned to the hotel lobby.

However, the boss who was standing at the counter before was nowhere to be seen, and the whole floor seemed dead and silent.

Not only that,

Even Yu Ze and You Zhen who were following behind Luo Di were equally lifeless, and they walked without a trace of vitality.

When Rody stepped down the stairs of the hotel,
The "teammates" did not follow,
They just stood at the edge of the stairs and waved goodbye, a mechanical and regular wave.

When Rody walked around the corner of the stairs and looked over again, his teammates were gone, only two red balloons were floating there.

call……

Take a deep breath.

Rody's eyes were closed, and the surface of his eyelids were covered with various tentacles. His vision was completely blocked and filtered, and he was no longer guided by the red balloon's thoughts.

The crow colt no longer stood directly on Rody's shoulder, but was swallowed into Rody's mouth. His lips and teeth were slightly open, and his dark beak and a dark eyeball could be vaguely seen.

Go down the stairs and leave the building.

Back to the street lamp with the broken bulb.

Zizi!

The sound of the ballast came from above my head, and the damaged street light was repaired.

But what shone down was red light, brighter than that of other street lights.

The red light not only illuminates the present, but also illuminates an additional street.
A street directly opposite the Regent Hotel, a "Fifth Street" that had never been discovered before, a street shining with red light.

Faced with the crimson streets that appeared out of nowhere, any fool could see that there was something wrong, and that this was an extra space created by the Joker using some kind of ability.

Once you step in, you may be completely lost, or even leave the current corner area. Even if the Exploration Bureau's support arrives, they may not be able to find Roddy.

But right now it seems this is the only street available.

Because the streets on both sides of Rody were already blocked, the pedestrians who were wandering around before all gathered together and formed a human wall, forcing Rody to choose the red street in front of him.

Their faces covered with black hair were faintly glowing red, and a balloon-like face could be vaguely seen. Rody did not choose to slaughter them wantonly and fight his way out of the bloody situation.

He didn't try to use his speed to break through the human wall and escape.

He just walked forward calmly towards the temporary red street.

Or maybe he had other ideas.

The streets filled with red light were not much different from before.
Every pedestrian walking here holds a balloon, all the street lights are covered with balloons, and balloons are floating inside all the shops.

The only place on this street without balloon elements is the bus stop.

An old-fashioned bus stop sign stood there, with the name of the stop and the numbers of the buses that would pass by painted in white.

Of course, the name and license plate number are garbled and cannot be seen clearly.

Luo Di's purpose was very clear. He came to the bus stop and stopped for a while.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before an old bus slowly drove over, with the open front door facing Luo Di.

Walking up the steps into the cold carriage, it was as if I had stepped into an iron box coffin that was opened just for Rody.

Inside the bus, lit with incandescent lights,
There is no ticket collector.
No passengers,

There wasn't even a driver.

There are no red-related elements at the moment.
Luo Di got on the bus and sat in the last window seat as usual.

The vehicle started quickly, carrying Luo Di, the passenger, deep into the street. When crossing the street, Luo Di had the same feeling as when he left the train station before.

The bus has left the current corner area and is heading deeper.

The scene outside the window also became completely dark. It seemed that the bus was moving horizontally, but in fact it was moving vertically. The bus would go deep into the corner, even deeper than the headquarters of the Exploration Bureau.

Just as Rody's gaze moved from the window back to the carriage.

There was already an extra passenger sitting in front of me, across a row of seats.

Mushroom head, white shirt, familiar overalls, and round-toed leather shoes on the ground.

When he saw the clown, Roddy felt relieved.

At least he could lead the clown away by himself, so Yu Ze and the others only had to consider dealing with one monster and just had to hold on long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

Luo Di took the initiative to start the conversation:

"You clearly know that our exploration into the corner this time is being watched by the Exploration Bureau? You can just wait until I am doing normal exploration later to cause trouble.

Why are you so persistent, why are you so anxious? "

When Roddy asked this question, the clown sitting in front of him had disappeared, and at the same time, a strange touch came from the side.

Someone sat next to him, arms pressed against his.

But the feeling transmitted through the arm was very strange. It did not have the soft and hard texture of human flesh at all. Instead, it felt like it was stuck to the surface of a tight and cold balloon.

and,

The other person's head is rotating at a constant speed.

As if wound up, it turned over little by little, tilted its head 90 degrees and stared at Rody.

On the face of red and white paint,
The smile is stretched to its maximum extent.
Keep your facial muscles tense.

He just stared at Rody from a close distance, without saying anything, just looking at him.

Although Rody blocked his vision and filtered out the red, he could still clearly feel this incongruous smile, a smile that he remembered deep in his heart and was extremely familiar with.

In a flash,

A deeply buried memory emerged, as if returning to the age of fifteen, to that day in summer vacation.

Rody, who was still just an ordinary person, stood at the door of his house, looking at the house full of bright red, and the clown with the same smile.
He was not afraid.
Instead, he stared at the other person fiercely with his red eyes, and every part of his body conveyed an extremely strong obsession.

【I will definitely kill you! 】

(End of this chapter)